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HR Business Partner

Human Resources Business Partner (Maternity Cover) 

Salary: Competitive salary  

Benefits: Company share save scheme, Pension up to 8% matched, Life insurance up to 4x salary  

Location: Sutton Bridge 

Ways of Working: Site based   

Hours of work:  8:30-17:00 

Contract Type: FTC – Maternity Cover 

 

Why Greencore? 

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. 

  

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. 

  

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. 

  

Here at our site in Sutton Bridge is home to around 225 colleagues, producing chilled Indian ready meals for a dedicated customer. 

What you’ll be doing 

In this busy and exciting role, you will partner with managers to resolve people issues, coach on performance and employee relations, and support change and capability building.  

You’ll ensure ethical, legal, and compliance standards are met, deliver clear people data and insights, and work collaboratively across HR to drive effective people processes. You’ll also support recruitment, workforce planning, reward and talent cycles, while maintaining positive employee and union relations and driving engagement and wellbeing initiatives. 

Role Accountabilities  

  • Diagnose and resolve people issues with managers.  

  • Uphold ethical and legal standards, including SEDEX and modern slavery compliance.  

  • Provide clear people data and reports to leadership.  

  • Partner across HR functions to deliver effective people processes.  

  • Drive engagement, wellbeing, and employee voice initiatives.  

  • Maintain positive union and employee relations.  

  • Support reward, pay, and talent planning cycles.  

  • Ensure effective recruitment and workforce planning.  

  • Advise and coach managers on performance and employee relations.  

  • Support change, capability building, and process improvement.  

  • Lead or contribute to audits and ensure compliance follow-up.  

  • Oversee occupational health and safety compliance where required.  

 

What we’re looking for 

  • Proven experience building strong relationships, influencing others, coaching colleagues, and confidently challenging when needed 

  • Strong commercial awareness, with a clear understanding of business priorities and how HR drives success 

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt your style to different audiences 

  • Proactive, pragmatic, and resilient, able to resolve issues quickly while managing competing priorities and tight deadlines 

  • Confident using HR systems and people data to analyse trends, generate insight, and support decision-making 

  • Experienced in delivering people-focused projects and managing stakeholders effectively 

  • Sound judgement, with the ability to assess risk and escalate appropriately 

  • High integrity, championing company values and promoting an inclusive, positive employee experience 

  • Motivated to make a real impact, develop your career, and shape the people agenda in a fast-paced environment 
     

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. 

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. 

What you’ll get in return 

  • Competitive salary and job-related benefits 

  • Holidays 

  • Pension up to 8% matched 

  • Life insurance up to 4x salary 

  • Company share save scheme 

  • Greencore Qualifications 

  • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform 

  • Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform 

  • Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies 

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career. 

 

 

 

Bakkavor

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with operations also in the US, positioning the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 15,000 colleagues operate from 31 sites across our two markets supplying a large portfolio of products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US.

 
Department:  Human Resources
Location: 

Sutton Bridge, GB, PE12 9YF

Workplace:  Site Based
Date:  3 Mar 2026
Req ID:  27126


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